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noun
A speck, spot, speckle; freckle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
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verb
To speckle; to become spotted or speckled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, ambitransitive, dialectal
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History
From Middle English sprekle, from Old English sprecel, spreccil, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekl, from Proto-Germanic *sprekla-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (“to strew, spread, sprinkle, scatter”).
From Middle English *spreklen (suggested by past participle sprekled), from the noun above.
